Key pouch



i .Patented Aug. 22, 1922. .4 7

IVI. SCHWEI'NSHAUT.

KEY POUCH.

APPLICATION F'ILED FEB. 9. 1922.

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KEY POUGH.

Specification of Letters Patent. Emittente@ Aug. 22, 1922.,

Application led February 9, 1922. Serial No. 535,222.

T o all whom it may concer/n y Be it known that lh, MAXVSoHwErNsAU'r, a `citizen of the United States, residing at Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have inventednew and useful Improvements in a Key Pouch, of -which the following is a specication. This invention relates to cert-ain new and useful improvements in a key pouch, and pertains more particularly to a pouch or case which is employed to car/ry keys 1n the' The primarydobject of the invention is to provide improved means for holding the keys,-which means` allows of the keys being easily moved beyond the endof the case, and which also allows same to be freely turned in all directions without requiring correspondingmovement of the case, or in other words to allow the keys to be freely turned independent of the case and of the remaining keys carriedl by the case.

A further object of they invention is to provide means for vmounting the keys so that all of same may be easily and quickly swung out beyond the vend of the case and as easily returned to lie within the case.

The invention still further aims to provide a simple and novel one-piece structure for hingedly supporting allof thelkeys and for also allowing of independent turning of' each.

Still further the invention aims to pro' vide a simple and inexpensive structure and one in which fthe parts are not subject t0 easy derangement. y

Further and other objects will be later set forth and manifested in the course ofthe following description.

ln the drawing:

Figure 1 1s a plan view vwith the pouch Figure 2 is an enlarged section` on line 2-2 of Figure 1, but with the pouch in closed position; i

Figure 3 is a plan view of the plate secured to the pouch, illustrating the blank from vwhich the'plate is formed, and

Figure 4 is a similar View ofthe hinged plate.

lin proceeding in accordance with 'he' .present invention a pouch or case 1 is employed having closure Haps E and 3 se# cured by a snap fastener or ,the like, e. A

vto the case and having formed by bending a plate between its sides so that the plate has two leaves 10, the leaves .being provided with registered openv ings 11 and with transverse concavities 12.

The concavitles extend from theopenings 11 through the free edges of the leaves, and are in register so as to conjfointly form sockets for the Shanks of eyes 13. rlhe shanks are headed at 14 while the eyes abut the free side edges ofthe leaves, the heads la being disposedin the openings 1l and abutting the outer side walls resultant from the formationof the openings. The Shanks are, freely turnable in the sockets, though longitudinal movement thereof is prevented by virtue of the eyes and heads abutting the adjacent parts of the leaves. Rivets or other suitable fastenings 15 are employed and which are driven through the leaves so as todhold the'latter in contacting relation and thus prevent movement of the leaves and consequently of the Shanks of the eyes, eX-

cepting as\ to the aforementioned rotary movement of the Shanks. Double ended hooks 16 are secured at one end inthe eyes, while their opposite ends receive the heads of the keys. From the foregoing it will be seen that the key supporting vmember can be swung about the pintle 91 to lie within or without the case and that each key can be rotated withoutse'ecting rotation of the case, or independently of the latter. rllhe key supporting member is further held against other than a hinging movement by the knuckles 7, and same functions to not only support all of the keys but also each so that same may be turned independently of the others.

Having thus described my V invention,

what li claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. lin a key pouch, a case, a plate secured spaced hinged knuckles at its ends, a plate ,doubled upon itself to form a knuckle received between the rst named knuckles, a pintle passed thereto, a member hinged to the plate, a

series of independently rotatable members carried by the hinged member, and key holdl meeffea ing devices connected to. the respective rotatable members..

3. In a key pouch, a case, a plate secured thereto, a second plate dubled upon itself to form a knuckle, means to hinge the knuckle to the rst plate, the doubled parts of the second plate having concavities whichl respectively register to form sockets, and key sockets. l

In testimony Whereof'l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of a subscribing Witness.

MAX SCHWEINSHAUT.- Witness: I

J. A. MILLER.

carrying members rotatable in the 

